989 F.

2d 497

NOTICE: Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 states that citation of

unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing
res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires
service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth
Circuit.
James L. WATKINS, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
M. E. BAUMGARNER; Attorney General of North Carolina,
Defendants-Appellees.
No. 92-6252.

United States Court of Appeals,

Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: January 12, 1993
Decided: March 30, 1993

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of
North Carolina, at Raleigh. James C. Fox, Chief District Judge. (CA-90614-HC-F)
James L. Watkins, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Clarence Joe DelForge, III,
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NORTH CAROLINA,
Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees.
E.D.N.C.
AFFIRMED.
Before WIDENER, PHILLIPS, and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:

OPINION

James L. Watkins, Jr., appeals from the district court's order refusing habeas

corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2254 (1988). Our review of the record and
the district court's opinion discloses that this appeal is without merit.
Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the district court. Watkins v.
Baumgarner, No. CA-90-614-HC-F (E.D.N.C. Feb. 3, 1992). We deny
Watkins' motion for appointment of counsel and dispense with oral argument
because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the
materials before the Court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED